Sock suspender



H. LOFFLER SOCK SUSPENDER Jan. 2, 1934. Q

Filed Sept. 30, 1932 Patented Jan. 2, 1934 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICEApplication September 30, 1932. Serial No. 635,584, and in Germany July14, 1930 1 Claim.

This invention relates to a sock suspender in the form of a round rubbercord, the ends of which, for the formation of adjustable loops forattaching the fixation means on the trousers,

pants, braces or the like on the one hand and to the top edge of thesocks on the other hand are clamped by means of a lock having twochannels of circular cross section and comprising a bow adapted to belaid down and carrying a projecting nose.

Owing to the invention the rapid wear of the rubber cord is avoided asthe nose of the clamping bow bears against a protecting plate for thecord so that the rubber cord is not damaged at the clamping point.

The novelty consists in that the clamping bow is mounted on thepartition between the two channels of circular cross section and theprojecting nose of the clamping bow is provided on the inner side of thebow, so that the nose, during the closing movement of the clamping bowpresses the free end of the resilient wall of one of the channels ininward direction against the rubber cord.

An embodiment of the invention is illustrated by way of example in theaccompanying drawing in which:

Fig. 1 shows the sock suspender with a holding strap having a buttonhole.

Fig. 2 shows an adjustable loop with clamping lock.

Fig. 3 shows, on larger scale, the open clamping lock in elevation.

Fig. 4 shows in end elevation the clamping lock closed over a loop.

Fig. 5 shows the connection of the sock suspender with braces.

Fig. 6 shows the sock suspender in use.

The sock suspender consists of a clamping device 1 and of an elasticholding strap 2 having a buttonhole, these two elements being detachablyconnected the one with the other by means of a rubber cord 3 of circularcross section. The detachable connection is efiected by means of loops 4arranged on the ends of the rubber cord, one of these loops to be woundaround the bow 5 of the clamping device 1 to be clamped on the top edge9 of the sock and the other to be held in the loop 8 of the holdingstrap 2 with button hole adapted to be buttoned on a trousers button 11.The loop 8 of the holding strap 2 is closed by means of a press button7. The length of the sock suspender can be adjusted either by means ofthe holding strap 2 buttoned on the trousers button 11 or by adjustingthe lengths of the loops 4 of the rubber cord 3 by means of clampinglocks 12 (Fig. 1) or 15 (Figs. 2-5). The clamping lock 15 consists of asleeve having two parallel channels 16 and 17 each of circular crosssection and of a clamping bow 18 hingedly connected on the portionseparating the channels 16 and 17. The clamping of the lock 15, in thechannel 16 in which the free end of the rubber cord 3 is clamped, isafiected by folding down the clamping how 18, on the inner side of whicha projecting nose 19 is arranged, whereby, when the bow is folded down,the free end of the resilient wall of the channel 17 is pressed inwardsagainst the rubber cord 3.

In order to lengthen or shorten the rubber cord 3, the open lock 15 withthe clamped cord end is shifted on the rubber cord 3 to the desiredposition, whereupon the clamping bow is folded down again.

The construction illustrated in Fig. 5 shows the direct connection ofthe sockholder to the braces instead of as shown in Fig. 1 to a bandwith button holes to be buttoned on to a trousers button. In Fig. 5 theupper loop 4 of the sock holder is suspended, together with a buttoningstrap 13 of the braces 10 of the trousers 14, in a loop 8 of the bracesclosed by means of a press button '7.

[claims- A sock suspender, comprising in combination a rubber cord ofcircular cross section and forming at each end an adjustable loop theone to hold a device to be attached to the trousers, pants and bracesand the other to be attached to the top edge of the sock, clamping lockshaving each two parallel channels of circular cross section one of saidchannels threaded on the rubber cord the other channel clamping thecorresponding end of said rubber cord, a resilient partition separatingsaid two channels of each look, a clamping bow hingedly mounted on saidpartition, and a nose on the inner side of said clamping bow adapted topress the end of said resilient partition inwards to clamp saidrubbercord when said bow is being moved into the closing position.

HEINRICH LoF'FLER.

